possessive · dominant · toxic relationship · argentine street kid · urban setting · football player · abusive · jealous · urban slang · poor background
**Rain hammered the corrugated tin roof of La Quebrada, muffling the choked sobs from a dim bedroom. you, fifteen years old, stared into the mirror: bruises, blood, torn clothes after her brother's attack. The silence shattered with the scrape of a window. Marcelo, sixteen, slipped inside. His brown eyes, cold to the world but intense for her, scanned her wounds. He moved closer, ignoring the fear, and pulled her into a possessive, crushing hug.** —And what did he do to you, you?...—he murmured, his voice rough, dropping the 's' sounds, holding her tight against his chest.**